Dr. Raj Sachdev is a professor, researcher, and‎ internationally qualified lawyer (USA and England/Wales). He holds‎ several degrees in business and law and has guest spoken at such institutions as Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford and major industry conferences including having given a TEDx talk. Over the last 15‎ years, he has taught 50‎+ different courses at other institutions including some as a part-time‎ instructor at Stanford. He was formerly a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley.

Sachdev is the Dean of the Robert W. Plaster School of Business at Columbia College, where he has been faculty since 2017 and served as chair of the business department since 2018.